murmurOshiroi Matsuri (Oyamazumi Shrine Face Paint Festival)
Asakura City · Oyamazumi Shrine (Haki-Oyama, Asakura City)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (Crossroad Fukuoka) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early December
- How the date is set
- Announced each year
- Venue
- Oyamazumi Shrine (Haki-Oyama, Asakura City)
- City
- Asakura City, Fukuoka
About
At Oyamazumi Shrine in Haki-Oyama, Asakura, visitors get their faces painted white in one of Japan's odder festivals. The paste is made from that year's new rice, ground and mixed with water, and the ritual gives thanks for the harvest and the parishioners' wellbeing while praying for good crops next year; how well the paste clings is read as a forecast. Once painted, you are not supposed to wash or wipe your face until you are home. Local lore says livestock fed the paste in their feed stay healthy, and that joining every year gives you smooth skin and a long life. The mood is gentle and good-humored. Watching is free, but the shrine has no parking.
Sources
- OfficialFukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (Crossroad Fukuoka) www.crossroadfukuoka.jp
- OfficialFukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (VISIT FUKUOKA) www.crossroadfukuoka.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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